بَاطِلٌ
Root: بطل
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بَاطِلٌ
contr. of
حَقٌّ; i. e. False, untrue, wrong or incorrect, fictitious, spurious, unfounded, unsound, vain, unreal, naught, futile, worthless, useless, unprofitable, devoid of virtue or efficacy, ineffectual, null, void, of no force, or of no effect; that proves, when inquired into, or investigated, to be false, wrong, unfounded, unsound, or not established; applying to a saying, and [sometimes] to a deed: [going for nothing, as a thing of no account, or as a thing that has perished or become lost: often used as a subst., meaning a false, or vain, saying, or assertion, or allegation; a lie; a falsehood: and a false, or vain, deed, or action, or affair, or thing; &c.:] and
بُطْلٌ is syn. therewith, and so are
أُبْطُولَةٌ and
إِبْطَالَةٌ : the pl. of بَاطِلٌ is بَوَاطِلُ; and بُطُلٌ occurs as a pl. of the same; or its pl. is أَبَاطِيلُ, contr. to analogy, as though the sing. were إِبْطِيلٌ; or, accord. to AHát, this is pl. of
أُبْطُولَةٌ , or, as some say, of
إِبْطَالَةٌ , or, accord. to As and AHát and IDrd, of both these; and signifies false, or vain, sayings and actions or deeds. (K in art. هتر, &c.) You say, قَدْ قُلْتَ بَاطِلًا [Thou hast said a false, or vain, saying; a lie; a falsehood]; like as you say, قَدْ قُلْتَ حَقًّا. And يَأْكُلُونَ أَمْوَالَ النَّاسِ بِالبَاطِلِ [They devour the possessions of men by false pretence]. And
بَيْنَهُمْ أُبْطُولَةٌ and
إِبْطَالَةٌ [Between them is false, or vain, speech, or discourse, &c.]; syn. بَاطِلٌ.
2 The belief in a plurality of Gods: so explained as occurring in the Kur xlii. 23.
3 See also بَطَّالٌ, in two places. [Hence,] بَاطِلًا In play, or sport; acting unprofitably; or aiming at no profit.
4 البَاطِلُ Iblees: so in the Kur [xxxiv. 48], where it is said, مَا يُبْدِئُ ٱلْبَاطِلُ وَ مَا يُعِيدُ [explained in art. بدأ]: and again [xli. 42], where it is said, لَا يَأْتِيهِ ٱلْبَاطِلُ مِنْ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَ لَا مِنْ خَلْفِهِ, [accord. to some,] meaning that Iblees shall not add to the Kur-án nor diminish therefrom: بَطَلَةٌ [is its pl., and] signifies devils: or enchanters.
2 The belief in a plurality of Gods: so explained as occurring in the Kur xlii. 23.
3 See also بَطَّالٌ, in two places. [Hence,] بَاطِلًا In play, or sport; acting unprofitably; or aiming at no profit.
4 البَاطِلُ Iblees: so in the Kur [xxxiv. 48], where it is said, مَا يُبْدِئُ ٱلْبَاطِلُ وَ مَا يُعِيدُ [explained in art. بدأ]: and again [xli. 42], where it is said, لَا يَأْتِيهِ ٱلْبَاطِلُ مِنْ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَ لَا مِنْ خَلْفِهِ, [accord. to some,] meaning that Iblees shall not add to the Kur-án nor diminish therefrom: بَطَلَةٌ [is its pl., and] signifies devils: or enchanters.
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